Dunkin' Donuts Among Additional Food Recalls

Dunkin' Drinks Join Beef, Cookie Dough Ranks in Food Recall

Yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts temporarily pulled its Dunkaccino and hot chocolate drinks off store menus after discovering that one of its suppliers' facilities may have been contaminated with salmonella. The doughnut chain's supplier, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, voluntarily recalled several of its products, although no illnesses have been traced back to the contamination. Dunkin' Donuts is confident the drinks will be back in stores soon, but yesterday's recall is simply one more to add to a rapidly growing list of food contamination concerns. At the end of last month, Nestlé pulled 30,000 cases of Toll House refrigerated cookie dough after dozens of illnesses were traced to the product, which contained harmful traces of E. coli bacteria. Then over 380,000 pounds of beef were recalled across the country because the meat was also tainted with toxic E. coli. More than 12 people have been hospitalized as a result.

Food contamination appears to be a concern for Americans now more than ever. In March, following recalls of spinach, jalapeños, milk, and peanut butter, President Obama addressed food-safety issues and reassured Americans that he would aid the FDA in strengthening the country's food-safety system. Yet the situation only seems to be getting worse. Are you as frustrated with the FDA's lack of diligence as I am?

nooooooooooo they finally brought the dunkaccino backkk!!! and now its gone again...

6 years

This reminds me of an article I recently read on www.greenwala.com (an online green social network) called "It's Raining...So It Must Be Time For Another Food Recall! -- http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/1160-It-s-Raining-So-It-Must-Be-Time-For-Another-Food-Recall
I think that it's a symptom of a much larger problem. There are very lax checks and balances in place and very little regard to the nutritive value and safety of the food we're eating. Massive food corporations are proving over and over again that profits are higher on the totem pole than anything else.
Perhaps it's time for all of us to make everything ourselves??